Torture Tips From A Hairless Hack

Moral midget and brutality technique kibitzer Mickey Kaus criticizes the U.S. military -- not for allowing prisoners of war to be tortured, but for allowing the abuse to be photographed. Kaus says:

Not that it would have made everything all right, or even partially right, but why didn't our generals or their subordinates ban photographs,to forestall the propaganda debacle that has now taken place? That would have shown some understanding of how modern information technology can help fuel global Al Qaeda-like hatred. It's been been suggested that the photographs were a part of the intended humiliation and "softening up." But even if you wanted to humiliate--which I'm not advocating!--surely there are ways to do that that don't also risk humiliating the U.S. around the world. How much incremental benefit did the photos add? (You could have had flash bulbs pop without actually taking pictures, even.) ...

Those idiot generals! They never should have allowed the abuse of prisoners ... to be recorded. Kaus never would have made that rookie mistake.

By Kaus's reasoning, the abused prisoners should have been executed rather than released, to forestall to propaganda debacle that has now taken place since they gave interviews to the New York Times, Time, etc.